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Complete Genomes of Human Papillomavirus Type 16 Viruses Isolated from Cases of Cervical Neoplasia and Squamous Cell Carcinomas Followed in Latvia in 2012-2024
2026-04-27
Abstract excerpt
<h4>Background: </h4> Persistent high-risk human papillomavirus (hrHPV) infection causes over 99% of cervical precancers and cancers worldwide, with HPV genotype 16 (HPV16) responsible for 50% of the cases. Latvia ranks among the top EU countries for cervical cancer incidence and mortality. In the general Latvian population, 4.2% women are hrHPV-infected, mostly with HPV16. However, information on the circulating...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 32526754-6e55-5cfe-92d2-a46298244ef4
- DOI
- 10.20944/preprints202604.1839.v1
